Protect storefronts, accounts, and checkout flows.
Sector threats
Retail risk profile
Scrapers
Catalog, pricing and inventory harvesting.
Account abuse
Credential stuffing on customer logins.
Sale spikes
Peak demand and timed incidents.
Checkout floods
HTTP floods against checkout and search.
Price and inventory scrapers
Bots harvesting catalog, pricing, and stock data.
Credential stuffing
Automated login using leaked credentials — primary threat to customer accounts.
Traffic spikes during sales
Peak demand exposes capacity weaknesses; attackers time incidents deliberately.
Application-layer floods
HTTP floods against checkout, search, and account endpoints.
OWASP attacks
SQLi, XSS, and sensitive-data exposure on storefronts and APIs.
Recommended capabilities
Bot mitigation — threat vs customer
Managed bot control distinguishes scraping frameworks, price monitors, inventory bots, and credential-stuffing automation from legitimate traffic:
• Allow verified search engines (Googlebot, Bingbot) and monitoring bots by category
• Challenge or captcha unknown automation; block aggressive scrapers and stuffing bots
• LLM and AI scrapers identified and policy-controlled separately from human shoppers
See: Bot management
Credential stuffing on account endpoints
Combine bot labels with per-path rate limits on /login, /account, and password-reset routes. Composite keys cap POST volume per IP and path independently of catalog browsing traffic.
Exceeded limits trigger challenge, captcha, or block without affecting product pages.
See: DDoS protection · API security
Load balancing and caching during peaks
Health-aware routing (round-robin, hash-based stickiness, weighted, least-connections) removes unhealthy backends automatically. Edge caching for product pages and static assets cuts origin load when traffic multiplies — configurable TTL and cache keys per path; disable cache on checkout and account flows.
Dynamic DNS origins pick up new instances as you scale for sale events.
See: Load balancing & delivery
WAF for storefront and checkout
Managed OWASP rule packs plus custom rules for checkout paths, admin interfaces, and payment-adjacent APIs. Response inspection catches error disclosures that could leak session or payment context.
IP reputation labels flag suspicious networks before floods hit checkout.
See: Web application firewall
PCI-relevant application-layer controls
WAF coverage with centrally maintained, versioned rule packs. JSONL access logs record WAF decisions, matched rules, and Request ID for assessor review and incident reconstruction — export to your log platform for PCI evidence workflows.
See: Observability & operations